MARKET STREET HEALTH GROUP
JOB DESCRIPTION.
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid effective communication.
Clinical
1 New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks, urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals / Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control standards
Admin
1 Medical records summarising
2 Call and recall letters for nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks, supplies and stationary
4 Monitoring of vaccines and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out other admin duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality at all times
2 Act as a chaperone, (after appropriate training), during intimate examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and safety at all times
Training
1 You will need to engage in ongoing training to learn the skills required of this developing role as well as mandatory training relevant to the practice team.
Please note this job description could change as the needs of the practice and service changes.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job Summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid effective communication.
Clinical
1New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks, urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals / Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control standards
Admin
1 Medical records summarising
2 Call and recall letters for Nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks and supplies
4 Monitoring of vaccines and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out admin duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality at all times
2 Act as a chaperone (after appropriate training), during intimate examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and safety at all times
MARKET STREET HEALTH GROUP
JOB DESCRIPTION.
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid effective communication.
Clinical
1 New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks, urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals / Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control standards
Admin
1 Medical records summarising
2 Call and recall letters for nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks, supplies and stationary
4 Monitoring of vaccines and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out other admin duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality at all times
2 Act as a chaperone, (after appropriate training), during intimate examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and safety at all times
Training
1 You will need to engage in ongoing training to learn the skills required of this developing role as well as mandatory training relevant to the practice team.
Please note this job description could change as the needs of the practice and service changes.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job Summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid effective communication.
Clinical
1New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks, urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals / Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control standards
Admin
1 Medical records summarising
2 Call and recall letters for Nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks and supplies
4 Monitoring of vaccines and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out admin duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality at all times
2 Act as a chaperone (after appropriate training), during intimate examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and safety at all times